The University College of the North (UCN) has joined a major national effort to close Canada’s artificial intelligence skills gap, announcing it will take part in the AI Workforce Readiness (AIWR) program, an initiative led by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and supported by Google.org.

The program brings together 29 Canadian colleges, polytechnics, and universities, collectively representing more than half a million students. Amii estimates the initiative will reach roughly 125,000 students each year, providing foundational and job-ready AI knowledge at a time when industries across the country are scrambling to keep pace with technological change.

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For UCN, the partnership represents both an academic opportunity and a regional one.

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